Benny Golson

Michel Petrucciani, Anthony Jackson & Steve Gadd, John Coltrane, Chick Corea, Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Smith, Wayne Shorter Quartet, Ramsey Lewis, Milt Jackson, Benny Golson, Art Farmer & Nhøp, Lalo Schifrin, The Bad Plus, Stan Kenton, Count Basie. They are the “Jazz Legends” selected among the 219 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited […]

‘Meet the Jazztet’ by Art Farmer & Benny Golson is an album recorded on February 6, 9 & 10, 1960 and released the same year by Argo. Track Listing : 1.Serenata (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish) – 03:30 . 2.It Ain’T Necessarily So (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 04:26 . 3.Avalon (Buddy Desylva, Al Jolson, Vincent […]

Wes Montgomery, Benny Golson, Freddie Hubbard, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Joe Lovano, Archie Shepp, Hugh Masekela & Jabu Nkosi, Sonny Rollins, Lenny White, Michael Brecker, SFJazz Collective, Chick Corea & Gary Burton. They are the “Jazz Legends” selected among the 220 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy! Tracklist […]

This day (January 25, 1929), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is born Benny Golson,an American bebop & hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist. Tracklist : Take The A Train (2009) . Killer Joe (2009) . Interview & Live. . Milt Jackson & Benny Golson & Art Farmer & NHØP – Blues for Diahann (1997) . Freddie Hubbard & […]

‘Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street’ is the last album (aka ‘At Basin Street’) officially recorded the Brown & Roach Quintet on January 4 & February 16-17, 1956 and released in 1956 By Emarcy. Track Listing : 1.What Is This Thing Called Love? (Cole Porter) – 07:33 . 2.Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing […]

‘Bags Meets Wes!’ by Milt Jackson & Wes Montgomery is a collaboration album recorded in December, 1961 and released in 1962 By Riverside. Track Listing : 1.S.K.J. (Milt Jackson) – 05:17 . 2.Stablemates (Benny Golson) – 05:45 . 3.Stairway To The Stars (Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli) – 03:38 . 4.Blue Roz (Wes Montgomery) […]

Dizzy Gillespie’s ‘The Greatest Trumpet of Them All’ is an album recorded on December 17, 1957 and featuring Benny Golson and released the same year by Verve. Track Listing : 1.Blues After Dark (Benny Golson) – 06:29 . 2.Sea Breeze (Benny Golson) – 03:17 . 3.Out Of The Past (Benny Golson) – 05:32 . 4.Shabozz […]

Dinah Washington’s ‘The Swingin’ Miss D’ is a studio album arranged by Quincy Jones and recorded on December 4–6, 1956 and released in 1957 by Emarcy. Track Listing : 1.They Didn’T Believe Me (Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds) – 02:44 . 2.You’Re Crying (Leonard Feather, Quincy Jones) – 03:29 . 3.Makin’ Whoopee (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) […]

Quincy Jones’ ‘The Quintessence’ is an album recorded with his orchestra on November 29, December 18 and 22, 1961. Track Listing : 1.Quintessence (Quincy Jones) – 04:21 . 2.Robot Portrait (Billy Byers) – 05:25 . 3.Little Karen (Benny Golson) – 03:44 . 4.Straight, No Chaser (Thelonious Monk) – 02:26 . 5.For Lena And Lennie (Quincy […]

Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller’ is an album featuring twelve songs penned or performed by the legendary pianist and recorded on October 1, 2, 4, November 20, 1957 and released the same year by Emarcy. Track Listing : 1.Christopher Columbus (Chu Berry, Andy Razaf) – 02:45 . 2.Tain’T Nobody’S Biz-Ness If I Do (Porter Grainger, […]

‘Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet’ is an album recorded on November 16, 1955, with John Coltrane on tenor saxophone plus Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones and released in April 1956 by Prestige. Track Listing : 1.Just Squeeze Me (Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines) – 07:27 . 2.There Is No Greater Love (Isham […]

Quincy Jones’ ‘Q’s Jook Joint’ is an album (his first in six years) released on November 7, 1995 by Qwest. Track Listing : 1.Jook Joint Intro (Quincy Jones) – 01:32 . 2.Let The Good Times Roll (Fleecie Moore, Sam Theard) – 02:55 . 3.Cool Joe, Mean Joe (Killer Joe) (Benny Golson, Quincy Jones, Queen Latifah) […]

Charles Mingus’ ‘Mingus Dynasty’ is an album companion to ‘Mingus Ah Um’ and recorded on November 1–13, 1959 and released the same year by Columbia. Track Listing : 1.Slop (Charles Mingus) – 06:14 . 2.Diane (Charles Mingus) – 07:28 . 3.Song With Orange (Charles Mingus) – 06:47 . 4.Gunslinging Bird (Charles Mingus) – 05:12 . […]

Art Blakey’s ‘Moanin” is an album he recorded on October 30, 1958 with the Jazz Messengers and released in January 1959 by Blue Note. Track Listing : 1.Moanin’ (Bobby Timmons) – 09:35 . 2.Are You Real (Benny Golson) – 04:50 . 3.Along Came Betty (Benny Golson) – 06:12 . 4.The Drum Thunder (Miniature) Suite (Benny […]

Pat Metheny, Kenny Garrett, Chick Corea, Gary Burton, Lee Konitz, Chick Corea, Pharoah Sanders, John Hicks, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Milt Jackson, Benny Golson, Art Farmer, NHØP, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Chucho Valdes, Archie Shepp, Max Roach, Abdullah Ibrahim, James Blood Ulmer, Sam Rivers. They are the “Jazz Legends” performers selected […]

This day (October 9, 1999), in Manhattan, New York, died Milt Jackson, an American jazz vibraphonist,. Digest Tracklist : Bag’s Groove . The Prophet Speaks (1999) . w/ Benny Golson & Art Farmer & Nhøp – Blues For Diahann (1997) . Take The A Train (1994) . Live In Japan (1990) . Milt Jackson Top […]

On October 9, 1989, two days before his 70th birthday, Art Blakey took his Jazz Messengers to the Leverkusen Jazz festival in Germany. The concert turned out to be a special event when ex Messengers joined the party. From the Fifties / Sixties line-ups : Benny Golson, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Jackie McLean. […]

October 9, 1989 – for his 70th birthday, Art Blakey has invited past members of the Jazz Messengers such as Freddie Hubbard, Terence Blanchard, Curtis Fuller, Jackie McLean, Donald Harrison, Benny Golson, Wayne Shorter, Walter Davis, Jr., Buster Williams, Roy Haynes and Michelle Hendricks at Leverkusen Jazz Festival in Germany

‘The Wes Montgomery Trio (or A Dynamic New Sound: Guitar Organ Drums)’ is Montgomery’s third album recorded on October 5–6, 1959 and released the same year by Riverside. Track Listing : 1.’Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 04:58 . 2.Yesterdays (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 03:20 . 3.The End Of A Love Affair (Edward […]

This day (October 4, 1999), in New York, died Art Farmer, an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player.